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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Fanmade mod combines Sins of a Solar Empire chocolate with Mass Effect peanut butter]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/10/fanmade-mod-combines-sins-of-a-solar-empire-chocolate-with-mass/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/10/fanmade-mod-combines-sins-of-a-solar-empire-chocolate-with-mass/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/10/fanmade-mod-combines-sins-of-a-solar-empire-chocolate-with-mass/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/10/fanmade-mod-combines-sins-of-a-solar-empire-chocolate-with-mass/"><img alt="Sins of a Solar Empire mod is all about Mass Effect" data-src-height="279" data-src-width="530" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/10/sinsmasseffectmod.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/"><em>Sins of a Solar Empire</em></a> is an award-winning RTS space battle game, and <a href="http://joystiq.com/game/mass-effect"><em>Mass Effect</em></a> is an epic action RPG universe with enough lore to fill a library. What happens when you smash the two together in the particle accelerator chamber that is a fan-created mod? <a href="http://www.moddb.com/mods/mass-effect-dawn-of-the-reapers">You get <em>Mass Effect: Dawn of the Reapers</em></a>, a full conversion for <em>Sins</em> that lets you command ships like the Normandy against various <em>Mass Effect</em>-inspired units, including those of the Geth, Volus, and Cerberus' ships as well.<br /><br />There's lots more planned for the mod, including <a href="http://www.moddb.com/mods/mass-effect-dawn-of-the-reapers/news/faqs-extended">even more races and ships designed straight</a> from Bioware's epic series. Unfortunately, the mod itself isn't available to the public just yet, and <a href="http://www.moddb.com/mods/mass-effect-dawn-of-the-reapers/news/frequently-asked-questions4">the release of <em>Mass Effect 3</em> pushed it back</a> for some more lore and spec tweaks. Still, when it's available it will work with both <em>Sins</em>' <em>Diplomacy</em> expansion and the standalone <em>Rebellion</em> version as well.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/10/fanmade-mod-combines-sins-of-a-solar-empire-chocolate-with-mass/">Fanmade mod combines Sins of a Solar Empire chocolate with Mass Effect peanut butter</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/10/fanmade-mod-combines-sins-of-a-solar-empire-chocolate-with-mass/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20345839/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/10/fanmade-mod-combines-sins-of-a-solar-empire-chocolate-with-mass/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>bioware</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>fanmade</category><category>mass-effect</category><category>mass-effect-3</category><category>mod</category><category>pc</category><category>rebellion</category><category>sins</category><category>sins-of-a-solar-empire</category><category>sins-of-a-solar-empire-rebellion</category><category>stardock</category><category>user-content</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schramm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>